Eugene OR

Lane County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to enter a purchase agreement for the former Wells Fargo building in downtown Eugene. The building at 99 E. Broadway is now owned by Eugene 4J School District, which bought it in 2024 with intentions to make it its new headquarters. The purchase price...

EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene Police are on scene of a reported vehicle pedestrian crash at E Broadway and Hilyard St., the department reported Tuesday just before 6 p.m. The westbound lanes of East Broadway are blocked. It is unknown when the road will be reopened. DEVELOPING | Check back...

Lane County commissioners voted 3-1 Tuesday, March 3, to censure Commissioner David Loveall, following an outside investigation that found he retaliated against county employees after complaints were filed about him. The Board of Commissioners’ vote capped a more than two-hour hearing in which the public expressed...

EUGENE, Ore. — A new $20 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education is set to expand the University of Oregon’s work helping students with disabilities transition from high school into jobs and independent living. The grant, announced March 3, 2026, will support researchers in the University...

Michael Naughton, 42, of Eugene, remains missing , according to the Lane County Sheriff's Office. Naughton's vehicle was discovered on Feb. 19 in the Gate Creek area, east of Vida off Highway 126. He left the vehicle the day prior to get gas at a nearby gas station. Surveillance cameras at the station captured...

A new machine learning model, TweetyBERT, automatically segments and classifies canary vocalizations with expert-level accuracy, offering a scalable platform for neuroscience, providing insights into the neural basis of how the brain learns and produces language, and offering potential applications for understanding...

Eugene police said Tuesday, March 3, they are continuing to investigate the Saturday evening traffic blockades near the downtown federal building and related conflicts they say resulted in injuries to a driver and a 19-year-old man. As some drivers pushed through a line of about 20 protesters, some protesters...

In the latest development in the ongoing litigation seeking to assign the blame for the Holiday Farm Fire, U.S. District Court Judge Mustafa Kasubhai ordered the Bonneville Power Administration to pay sanctions to the other parties in the case for not cooperating with the investigation and for destroying evidence....

EUGENE, Ore. — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service (FPS) released a statement on Tuesday morning regarding two people detained during protests in Eugene on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. FPS stated that two people were charged with damage to government property. They were later identified...

EUGENE, Ore. — The Eugene Police Department has issued a statement regarding the blocking of roadways during protests that occurred in downtown Eugene on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. Our team reached out to Eugene PD to ask about their response to Saturday's protest. They confirmed that blocking the roadway...